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NOTES OF THE DAY

THE UGLIEST WORD

SEPTEMBER 12, 1935.

WE FLEW RIGHT UP

AND OVER

By WILL ROGERS (Reprinted from the Sunday Express)

The Very Idea!

MORE KELLY NOTES Jottings From The Scrap- Book Of Master Edward

Edited By Eddie,

WE are an outcast.

Yet in all respects we are an-honourable-man.-._

We do not belt our wife or pick our teeth with a bread knife.

War, since there was a land calted England, has cost the nation dear in blood. By the sword those gallant gentlemen of other days

This is one of the most poig-pears, and I afterwards wrote about won an empire, and held it, in nant articles the Sunday Ex- them, but said they never did offer their sovereign's name. War, in preas has ever published. It me any; they just kept telling me Well, sir, when returned from the days of sailing ships and knee-was written by Will Rogers and how great they was. breeches-and the muzzk-loading posted just a few moments be- around the world they sent me musket, was bad enough, costly fore he and Wiley Post took-off practically all they raised in the Every enough, tragic enough; but today from Seattle on the flight that valley that year, I think.

ended in their death in the time a box would come it would be more pears and beller pears (if it is carnage, chaos, anti-Christ. frozen north. Yet we must, be prepared for it.

Rogers chose as the subject possible). We must be prepared to face that of his article his favourite topic horror which, even within the the safety of air travel. The compass of short memories, al- jupelling and grammatical essen. part of the style most destroyed the world. It is tricities are

It's beautiful This is which helped to make him the Northern California, and Oregon incredible; but it is trite. not mere newspaper sensation-most popular man in America and Washington-everything green,

We always smile at ladies rivera galore. Into Portland, Ore alism; this is the opinion of able

I am what you might call a gan, a beautifully, located city. when we pass them, and broad-visionel men the

take off our hat when we Mr. George Dern, the mighty poor stroller. The feet asked for Tex Rankin, the flier that

bauted Andl the bad

lega are had

men,

world over.

Are

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We booked down and saw a big forest fire in the mountains. Pilots said it had been burning for days.

in

country

me otter

that

We are not a poet, nor do we possess a dog that goes out into the street without a muzzle.

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breed war.

Francisco.

islands.

a fine ilier, and yet, which menus

We have never committed become a mutorist owner-if you says that it is inevitable, but he So this is "Thoughts While Flying,"

Away here a week er so lack that he's good. are desirous of a change-if you believes that 'Amerien can avoid

"You are a fine flyer means a murder. Nor have we ever are going on home leave—a word it. There are some who will say went out to the flying field at mid-,

used the wrong fork. from you to

that newspapermen seize on such night at Los Angeles to catch a lot more than saying, "You was a 'plane for Seattle. You see, a day fine flyer." A girl stewardess come

In all these things we are ACQUAINT US OF

YOUR expressions of opinion is this, pat or night means nothing to 'em now, along somewhere in the story here

It had more beyond reproach: REQUIREMENTS AND WE WILL them into big type and distort With the courses all lighted, they with a fine lunch. FURNISH YOU WITH PARTI-them in order to sell papers.run schedules in the night time the dainty little sandwitches and knick-

Yet we are treated like a kunek than I had ever seen at any sume as in the day. CULARS AND TERMS.

There are some who have gone so Bi-that's my frst-born-and unch in my life. It was arranged shroff. We are not, in- far an to suggest that newspapers his mother were with me, and I lovely. They say it was made acidentally, a shroff. Nor HONCKONG HOTEL Garage.

They don't, unless was off on a little slightseeing trip at the St. Francis Hotel, in San

are we a bailiff, hawker, in- Show Room Phone 27778-9, Stubbs Rd. they are the instruments of a pro-with Wiley Post.

Then into Puget Sound country,surance-collector, landlord. When my wife knew it was with beautiful bays and War news may sell pagandist. them a few more papers; but they Wiley, it didn't matter where it Tacoma, who had the first slogan Yet we are an outcast.

going, pul she was that I can ever remember. It was Our family has practically suffer from the after effects of was we was

mighty fine about it.

when I played there in vaudeville disowned us. Our boss wars like everybody else, and the Well, she is about everything. Iabout 1908-Watch Tacoma grow." profit is soan consumed by losses. You can't live with a comedian long I have never watched it much since, curtly refused us our usual mid-month advance. The but it did. No sane man or business enter-without being mighty forgiving.

On the same field, a couple of Seattle? That's a hole story in boy at the Gloucester hands prise wants war; but, equally eer tain is it that no sane man will years or more ago, she had seen me itself--the gateway to Alaska-to us our Tiger as though he shut his eyes to its possibility and off to Vancouver to catch a buat to the Orient, to Canada,

go to the Japanese-Manchurian war, I have to tell you about seeing would prefer it to be a real We have to tiffin, and its menace, but will prepare to land then fly on around the world the big bombing 'plane they are one.

Fand meet her in Geneva at one of just finishing for the army. It's even drink, alone. meet the emergency if it arises..

those disarmament Conferences the biggest in the world. where we used to always go for my amusement.

The

Hongkong Telegraph.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 12, 1935.-

BUDGET DAY

The Colony's Budget, being introduced in the Legislative Council to-day, is not expected

AN OLD STORY

How many times have we heard

to be in any way spectacular, that "Recovery is just around the And, by the way, she is no mean They couldn't hide

Prevailing conditions are such that the Government has of

Mr.

We are an outcast.

We don't believe there's going to be an Italo-Ethio- pian war.

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Wiley calls it "Arora Borelaus."order to spend it. call it "Post Toasty."

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The news of his endeavour,' preceded him by wireless (says

Yes, sir, a 'plane is a great place to see anything, only the wings are right under where you want to look Then around South America, on and you can't see anything.

Dit really see Mount Shasta? a 21,000 miles jaunt at one time.

it under the

Latest Scot Joke corner," or that "Prosperity is due aviation enthusiast herself. She wings. Well, all I know is just

behind this old A scotsman on holiday at lo-morrow''? Regularly, from will make all the short trips with what little I see

Lockheed's wings. Its Sirus wings, Dover found a French penny and necessity to proceed cautiously here and there, a hundred times a you

In fact, she was flying the next Lockheed. budy, Dhrersbladed pitch decided to swim the Channel in in arranging its finances. De-

year, since the world's securities tails of the proposed expendi-toppled, trade went into a decline, back to New York and Maine to propeller, big engine.

see our Mary. ture, published yesterday, show and progress slipped a cop.

But this has nothing to do with hut it is planned to cut down Rudolph Hecht (no relation to "air strolling," as I haven't started

It's a beautiful morning in Seat-a London contemporary), and, outgoings in 1936 by a sum of Ben Hecht of novel and satire strolling yet.

Pretty night, nice stars, I drop-tle, Wash. Wiley and Mrs. Post as he approached Calais, hun- to the harbour two million dollars, compared fame, but the president of the

ped off in Frisco to tend sonte have been here a few days getting dreds flocked with the current year.

Banking Association business early the next morning, the ship from wheels to pontoons, waving small Union Jacks in None American

had a mighly pleasant and honour of his tenacity. He

twenty-four hours theless, the total is still high, and something of a satirist in and caught a plane out there at I've

here. turned round and swam back. especially when it is borne in Amerienu polities) believes that cleven the next morning, and then lovely

to Seattle at five in the afternoon, Everybody terrible nice and ac-At Dover they asked him if he FC- the country is "endy for

That's a pretty trip.. Pilots in comodiating, fine hotel, lots and lots had landed and spent his penny, mind that the 1934 figure repre-covery," whatever that may menn. Big Boching just scraped Mount of tourists coming in and out. "No," he explained, "as soon sented a record for the Colony. Most of the people in lunds which Shasti. Snow all over the old unt- But despite the wielding of the have suffered from the depression hill. We flew right up and overcome that are going, some that as I got there I could see there

they call Redwood have been to Yellowstone, some Was a flag-day on."... economy uxe, a sum of over have been ready, und waiting, for what I think

P.O. Crossword three million dollars is being set | recovery for

little time, Highway.

Lots of pretty little towns aside for Public Works Extra-Hongkong for one. We could do nestled back in the little valleys Mrs. Post and Wiley and I drive Crosswords have reached the DESCCÉSSER.CMSEBESESE ordinary, this representing an very well with a couple of quarts and canyons. The first stop out of out to the field. It's a combination Post Office, not from an irate

increase of over two lakhs on of that rare vintage of 1921-22, Sacramento was Medford, Oregon, tand and water airport, called Great telephone subscriber or

Washington. That's the writer, but as a poser for the the original estimate for this when officials could brag about where a few days before some am-Lakes

des-lake that turns out those champion sorter. bitious reporter had sent out patch that he had seen Wiley Postrowing college teams. year. It is not to be inferred, "pealt years" in our

Mrs. Post decided the last min and me flying over there, when wel were at that time crossing Arizom.ute to go up to Alaska a few days So this time he is liable to report later by boat, so it's only Wiley that I have arrived there by horse and I that are taking off. and buggy.

The hip looks nighty pretty. Say, there is some mountains it's bright red with a few trim- over that route. South of Medford,mings of white stripce. The pon- north of Medford, that's the town toons are awful big-looking things, where they raise fine pears, but Wiley says, "None too big."

Wiley is kinder of Calvin Coo- I was forced down there on my previous fight to Vancouver and lidge on answers: None of 'em are

(Continued on Page 6.) they kept telling me about the fine

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barkation on new projects · of any.considerable magnitude; the explanation will most likely be found in the intention of the Government to push on with certain big undertakings alreally in hand. It is, at any rate, reassuring to feel that, despite present difficulties and future uncertainties, the Colony is able

and

some

the dollar

Was

commerce worth five or six shillings. Yes, we think we too are ready for re-

covery.

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ENGLAND LEADS

that savings are higher, that there is more money in circulation than ever before and that Government revenue is well in advance of what

lf the

England, we believe, lends in this for eenmomic health struggle Statistics indicate that industry has forged ahend latterly, that there are fewer unemployed by a to concentrate on the completion good many thousands than there of these important schemes. Al were Inst year at the same time, the time of writing, the estimates of revenue are not to hand, but it is expected that they will be materially below those of the current year, and it was in 1934. Britain, too, ap- that a considerable deficit on the readiness" for recovery; or per- pears to be in this state of coming year's working will have haps has rene a step further. The to be budgetted for, It is be only people who conceivably are lieved that the Government will not ready for better times are base the dollar rate, for the pur those in opposition to the Govers- poses of the Budget, at a figurement. For a good Government considerably lower than the and good times make a hard com present rate of exchange, alination to undermine. though above that of the 18. 4d. National Government doesn't make rate for the current year. Ex- a few mistakes and get into the change is always un uncertain red with its budget, it will leave to complain fuctor, and it is thus impossible its opponents little to say with any exactitude how about. Those in power no doubt will tell us that recovery has ar the estimates may eventually rived, and it is only those on the work out. It is to be presumed, other side of the fence who still however, that the Government persist in declaring that it is still has made a close study of the around the corner, general position and has framed its Budget on rather conserva- tive linea, in the belief that the Colony can do at the moment existing conditions dictate the is to carry-on in a quiet way, desirability of conserving avail-in the hope that before another able funds as far as possible. No Budget Day comes round” the" new taxation is considered like general situation may have ly, nor, for that matter, is there shown some improvement, with any prospect of existing burdens the prospect of definitely better being lightened. The most that times ahead.

Some that have been to Alaska,

that are going.

Seattle is a great travel corner.

"She's getting less particular. Remember when she wouldn't duto a fellow without a roadster?"

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letter

A letter posted this week had. crossword puzzle on the out- side with the following clues:—

Fails.

Suspends clothes (two G's.) Place of instruction Dwelling. Annoy.

2240 pounds.

Mean.

~of the old block.

Writing instrument.

Noah's son.

Droops.

The sorters sorted the clues und the letter was delivered

without delay to:

Mrs, Pegg,

School House,

Nettleton,

Near Chippenham, Wilts,

Shot

Nailed to the gate of a farm neur Santa Cruz while on loca- tion, members of the Fox Coin- pany filming "Way Down East," discovered this sign-

"Warning. Anyone found near my chicken house at night will be found there next morn- ing.

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Howlors

Another selection of howlers

from the classroom:

An epitaph is a horse

the head of a man.

with

A monastery is a place where

you make money.

To germinate is to become a naturalised German.

A litre is a nest of puppies. A magnet is a thing you find in a bad apple.

A metaphor is a suppressed smile.

An aristocrat is a man who performs tricks on the stage.

Chivalry is when you feel. cold.

My favourite intrument is a. picadilly.